Egg turner



Dec. 18 1923. 1,478,201

C. H. BISHOP EGG TURNER Fi P NOV 29. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l mm 18, 1923. m-vszm c. H. BISHOP EGG TURNER Filed Nov. 29, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented fies. 18, 1923.

CQLUMBUS H. BISHOP, OF EL RENO, OKLAEOMA.

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Application filed November 29, 1921. Serial N0.518,631.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, COLUMBUS H. Bisrror,

a. citizen of the United States, residing at El Reno, in. the county of Canadian and State ot Oklahom-a, have invented a new and useful Eggil urnergot which the following; is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is an egg turner and the invention aims, primarily, to provide novel means whereby the trays of an incubn tor may be reversed, upon occasion, in order to secure a proper hatching ot the eggs.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertii'ins.

With the above and other objects in vicw, which will appear-as the description. pro coeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangementof parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:--

Figure 1 shows in section, a device constructed in accotdance with the invention; Figure 2 is a horizontal section; Figures 3 and t are detail sectional views relating to the construction of the tray.

In carrying out the ihventioii, there. is provided a support 1 which may include a base 2 and a frame 3, the frame. If. embodyin corner posts t connected at their upper ends, by top bars 5, and connectcd, below the top bars 5, by intermediate bars (3, the bars 1) and 6 connecting the posts 4; at the ends of the-frame 3. The intermediate bars b are connected by longitudinal bearing bars 7., The frame, constructed as above described, may be closed in in any desired way, no covering for the frame being shown since this detail may be left to the manufacturer or the user.

On each bearing bar 7, a tray 8 is mounted rotntably,-so that the tray can be reversed, thereby to dispose either side of the tray uppermost. The trays 8 may be constructed as desired. Preferably, each. tray 8 is made up on rattles 9 provided in their ends with cooperating notches 10, forming openings adapted to receive the, bearing bars 7, so that the trays are pivotally mounted on the 'to a bracket 16 on one frame 5) bearing bars, for reversal, as aforesaid. The frames 9 of each tray may be connected along: one of their longitudinal edges by hinges 11, and may be'connected along: the other of their longitudinal edges by latches 12, constructed as described. Each latch .12 may consist of a bolt it pivoted at 15 and adapted to be received between cars 17 on a bracket 18 on the other frame 9. the bolt 14 carry- .ing a wing nut 19 adapt-ed to cooperate with the cars 17 of the bracket 16, as shown. in Figure Each frame is covered by a porous cushion 20, which may be a piece of burlap. the cushion being retained by an exterior layer o-t wire netting or other toraminous material. sccuredto the frame. Partitions '22 extend longitudinally of each frame 9, the hearing her 7 beinp received thercbetwecn. Cross partitions :23 extend from the partitions 22 to the sides of each frame 9 and define a plurality of compartments, each of which is divided up by partitions 9% into a plurality of egg cells 25.

in practical operation, the eggs which are to'be hatched are placed in the cells 25 of one frame 9 of the tray 8, the other frame of the tray being; closed down upon the first specified tray, and being held thereon by the latches 12, the bearing bars 7 being received in the openings defined by the notches 10. It will be obvious that any tray 8 may be reversed. to provide for a proper batching: of the eggs. By tightening up the latch bolts 1- the trays 8 may be held on the bearing bars 7 so that they will not tilt. This o'perzdimi may be. useful when the trays are not loaded symmetrically with eggs. It is not necessary that the trays in every instance con'iprise as many compartments and egg cells 25 as is shown in the drawings, this detail being leftto the discretion of the user.

Having; thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a frame comprising side portions a! fixed hearing bar connecting the side portions of the :t'rame; a tray comprisin hingedly connected sections which are separable to receive the bearing thercbetween; and a latch forming a releasable connection between the sections of the tray, the latch holding the sections oi. the tray on the bearing frictionally, Whereby the tray will retain its position when loaded unsymmetrically, the tray being mov- I table on the bearing under a sufiicient force.

the application of 2. In a device of the class described, a frame lncludmg a fixed bearing; a tray 1n- 5 eluding sections which a nected to receive the bear re hingediy coning therebetween;

and means for clamping the sections of the tray Onthe bearing, with a frictional hold.

In testimonv that I claim the foregoing" to afiixed my signatwo Witnesses.

US H. BISHOP.

JAMES I. PHELPS C. E. GRADY. 

